What has happened before: Ash has won two badges from Nodoka and
Colonge.  Nodoka has reveiled to be Ash's aunt, as she was Ash's
mother's sister.  Therefore Ash and Ranma are cousins.  Nodoka has given
Hitmochan to Ranma to train, and urges Ranma to go with the rest of the
Pokemon gang back to the Pokemon islands.

Opening Theme : Pokemon 152 - ? 2000 Opening Theme

So you wanna be a master of Pokemon?
You got the skills to be number one?
(A downward shot of a brown Pokemon Stadium floor and then it moved up
into a three dimentional Pokeball. It then splits apart and the logo
"Pokemon 2000" shoots out. Shots of several different Pokemon light up
the screen)

I gotta take, the ultimate step, got the courage to be bold,
to face it out, and not forget the lessons that I hold
(A shot of Misty, Brock, Ranma, James and Tracy watching Ash as he
stands in a pillar of light. A shot of Ash and Pikachu facing off
against Ritchie and Sparky.)

I wanna go, where no one's been, far beyond the crowd
(A shot of Ranma and Ash, leaping high into the air, doing a full three
sixty rotation in the air, followed by Brock, Misty, Tracy and James. A
shot of Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy zooming by in a motorbike.)

Learn the way to take command
Release the power within my hand
(A downward shot of Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracy James and Ranma releasing
Pokeballs that seem to hover at chest height)

We're all living, in a Pokemon World
Pokemon
(A sequence of shots of Staryu squirting a long stream of water, then
Snorlax swiping downwards, and then Charizard swoops down and opens its
mouth in a bellow.)

I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
Greatest Master
(A shot of Ash and Pikachu on his shoulder looking up, and then a long
downward pan of several people, Duplica, AJ, Hiker and several others
with Ritchie at the bottom is shown.)

We're all living, in a Pokemon World
Pokemon
(A shot of Ranma and Misty shaking their heads, and then the screen is
filled with Marril, Venonat and Scyther.)

So you want to beat all the rest and be better than all the rest?
(Ash throwing a Pokeball, followed by James. A shot of Jessie in a dark
sky, laughing while the lightning crashes around her.)

So you wanna be a Master of Pokemon, do you got the skills to
be number one?
(A sequences of shots of Water type Pokemon using watergun, fire types
using firespin and then a shot of Giovanni pointing into the screen,
then a shot of Cassidy and Butch, arms crossed, and then a Sandshrew
jumps into view.)

We're all living, in a Pokemon World
Pokemon! I wanna be the greatest Master of them ALL!
(A spinning shot of Jigglypuff about to sing, then Bulbasaur jumps into
the screen, followed by a Slowbro who starts to glow before Squirtle
headbutts him away, and then is chased away by a Magneton, and then
Pikachu leaps into the screen, and then unleashes a powerful Thunderbolt
attack. The Thunderbolt rockets out from a shot of the earth, and then
the logo Pokemon 152 - ? 2000 appears with two Pokeballs encircling it.)

POKEMON!


                    A Pokemon, Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction
                    Developed for the new Millennium

                          Pokemon 152 - ? 2000

                         written by Shaun Garin
                          revised by WarChild

                   based on an idea by Kahlil Noriega
                   written with the authors permission



Episode 7: Old Faces, New Menace, Same Indifference


Pallet Town. A small town with one of the highest pokemon authorities
about, Professor Thomas Oak, Ash and co are currently landing in front
of the Ketchum house, where they are greeted by Mrs. Ketchum who is in
for a very big surprise.

<><><>

"MOM!"

Mrs. Ketchum raced out to greet the wayward Pokemon trainer, sweeping
Ash up in a big hug. Behind him, Brock, Misty, Ranma, and James all
piled out of the balloon. Ranma adjusted his cap that Kasumi gave him,
the front of it emblazoned with DBZ, and a circle of Dragonballs around
the letters. He wore his loose silk pants, a long blue Chinese shirt and
had Hitmonchan's ball on the belt he wore under his shirt.

James climbed out, dressed in stylish jeans, a dress shirt, and had on a
polar fleece vest that was emblazoned with Saotome Pokemon Gym on the
back. He wore a stylish watch on his right wrist, and wore Wheezing and
Victribell's pokeballs on his belt.

"So Ash, who's your friends?" asked his mother.

"Mom, this is Misty, Brock, James and cousin Ranma, auntie Nadoka's
son."

"How'd you do Auntie?" Ranma said, bowing respectfully.

Mrs. Ketchum burst out into smiles and hugged the taller boy. "My,
Nadoka did well for herself. And who's this again?" she asked, turning
to James.

"I'm James, an EX-Team Rocket Member. Ash and I resolved our differences
back in Tokyo. Glad to meet you."

Mrs. Ketchum looked amazed. "That's funny, there's three Pokemon here,
looking for a man named James. There's a Lickatung, an Arbok and a
talking Meowth."

"Meowth is here?" James moved past the crowd and opened the door.
"Meowth! Answer me!"

The group entered the dining room where the three Pokemon were eating
away at the food set before them. Meowth looked up and grinned. "Hey
James. Finally showed up huh?"

"Yeah. Wait, if Arbok and Lickatung are here, then..."

Meowth and the other two stopped eating. "James, sit down and I'll tell
you what happened to Jessie. Though my memory is spotty at best."

<><><>

"So, Jessie is with Happosai, huh? Feh, they deserve each other."

James shot a look at Ranma and growled, "Ranma, shaddup."

Ranma looked hurt. Still, he averted his eyes from Meowth, even with the
blindfold on. The knowlage of a talking cat still sent shivers up his
spine.

"That's all I know. Hey kid," Ash looked over, "the guys and I've been
discussing things and wanna go to the Pokemon League wit' ya."

"Meowth? Why do you want to go to the Pokemon League?"

Meowth looked at the ground. "Well the fact is...I wanna fight in it as
Ash's Pokemon!"

"Pika?" Pikachu asked curiously.

"Char!" Arbok seconded the move to Ash's team.

"Licky." Lickatung said so as well.

"You guys sure you want me to be your masters?" Ash said, obviously
confused. "Why?"

"Jessie isn't here and these guys don't want to follow someone who in
their opinion isn't her. Besides, it's every Pokemon's dream to win in
the Pokemon League."

"I don't know... you three promice you'll listen to me?"

"Meowth's honor!" the cat declared.

"Okay then! Pokeballs GO!"

Meowth, Lickatung and Arbok disappeared into the pokeballs with a flash
of red light. Misty then yanked the blindfold off of Ranma's eyes.
"They're gone."

Ranma exhaled deeply. "Thank goodness."

<><><>

Ash looked up and said, "There's still some time until the Pokemon
League. Lets go to that Carnival across town."

"Ash, don't you need to train?" Misty asked of the shorter boy.

"Aw, it can wait. Ash's trained a lot since coming home." Ranma
stretched out and recalled his Hitmonchan. "Let's go and have some fun."

Misty sighed. "Bakas."

<><><>

"OUCH!"

"Whatza matter Ash?" Ranma stretched out a hand and touched an invisible
forcefield. "There's a wall here."

James flicked open a Pokedex, long since unused. <Barrier,> The Pokedex
chimed in the old voice, <this is an attack utilized by the mime
Pokemon, Mr. Mime.>

"If there's a Barrier here, then there's a Mr. Mime somewhere." Brock
looked around and then upwards. "There it is!"

"Alright! This'll make a great addition to the team! Pokeball..."

"PREPARE FOR TROUBLE!" Cried out a female voice.

Ash stopped short and his face planted on the ground. "Prepare for
Trouble?" he chorused with the others who looked accusingly at James.

"I didn't do it!"

"AND MAKE IT DOUBLE!" Added a scratchy voice.

James slapped a hand to his forehead and let his hand drag down his
face. "Aw man...anybody but them."

"To Infect the world with devastation!"

"To Blight all people's within our nation!"

"To protect the goodness of Truth and Love!"

"To extend our Wrath to the stars above!"

"Cassidy!"

"Butch!"

"Team Rocket circling the earth all day and night!"

"Surrender now or you will surely loose the fight!"

"DROWZEE!"

"Man that's just as bad as the OTHER motto," Ash said, leaning to the
side. Everyone had a huge sweatdrop hanging from their foreheads.

"Cassidy," Misty said.

"And Buutch." James finished, drawing out the u's.

Butch snapped back, "IT'S BUTCH! BUTCH DAGNAMIT!"

"Whatever. You looking for a fight?" Ranma cracked his knuckles a couple
of times, expecting a battle.

"Actually, YES. The boss is very disappointed in both you and Jessie,"
Butch remarked, a smirk on his face. "He wants the pair of you to report
back to..." Butch's face fell as he counted up the group. "Where's
Jessie?"

"She's someplace where you'll never find her," James said, smirking at
him.

Cassidy swept her hair back and made a little sound. "Very well.
Drowzee, lets show them how powerful you are."

"If it's a fight you want, you got it. Bulbasaur GO!"

"Bulba!" The small greenish froglike Pokemon appeared in a flare of
light.

"Bulbasaur, Vine whip!"

Two vines extended from his back and started to whip Drowzee.

"Drowzee, hypnosis, now!"

But before the Drowzee could use his powers, a certain pink ball of
fluff landed between the battling group. A moment passed before the
creature opened its mouth.

"YYAAAAAAHHHH!" James screamed.

"JIGGLYPUFF!" Brock yelled in terror.

"RUN AWAY, IT'S GONNA SING!" Meowth added.

In a cloud of dust, the errant Pokegroup had vacated the premisis just
as the sound of Jigglypuff's melodic voice sounded.

<Just because I'm small, can't hurt you at all, I'm only a girl who
don't know what to do, let me sing my song for you. Not many came, this
just makes me mad, I just know how to get to you. Let me sing my song
for you.>

<When you lay down late at night, I'm the siren you can't fight, I know
that you don't stand a chance. There's nothing that you can do once I
put my spell on you, once I sing my Lullaby.>

<Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby, when I sing for you my lullaby.>

It stopped in mid song to see the Team Rocket members sound asleep.
Having the good fortune, or foolishness to experience the effects of
Jigglypuff's Lullaby up close and personal lately, this made them the
target of Jigglypuff's marker.

"Jiggly puff puff..." she unscrewed the pen and brandished it. "PUFF!"

<><><>

"Alright, this is a GREAT carnival!"

Ranma nodded, walking around with his cousin. He stopped at a picture of
a dopey looking man dressed in a magician's classical outfit. "Melvin
the Magnificent."

Ash sweatdropped. "Oh him."

"You know this goober?" Ranma asked.

"Yeah, ran into him on the day when Charmander evolved into a
Charmelion. That's the same day when he stopped obeying me."
Ash looked downwards, depressed.

"Man that brings back bad memories. Say, where's Misty and Brock?"

Elsewhere, Misty backed off a bit as she laughed nervously. "Um, Melvin,
I'm not really available for a full time assistant."

"But my assistant bailed on me again," he whined, "said I was a pathetic
loser."

"That explains a lot," Brock muttered to himself.

"Hey guys whazzup?" Ranma asked, walking up with Ash and Pikachu in tow.

Misty got a crafty look on her face and manuvered a full bucket into
kicking range. "Oh nothing...RANMA-CHAN!" With that, she launched the
water into Ranma's face.

With a wet splash and gurgle, a short petite red head stood in
oversized, wet chinese clothes and a baseball cap looking  rediculously
oversized on her head as it leaned to the side.  "Whadja you do THAT
for?!" she demanded.

Melvin was at her side immediately. "Miss, I'll pay you fifty dollars to
be my assistant."

"G'way...hey, you're that magician guy back on the picture back there."
Ranma-chan wrung out her clothes and spat out some of the dirty water.
"Why ya need an assistant?"

"His assistant bailed on him," Brock put in. "He needs a girl to fit
into a costume."

"He got me last time and since you're a girl half the time..."

"NUH UH!" Ranma-chan backed up, "I ain't playing dress up!"

"I'll pay you seventy dollars," Melvin interjected. Ranma-chan stopped
short.

"S-seventy dollars?" she stuttered. One show? Then she recomposed
herself. "Nope, get another side show."

"Perhaps ninety dollars for one show!"

Ranma-chan felt a strange, Lina Inversian feeling rise in her breast.
Ninety US dollars was good...very good. But her resolve remained. "I
don't think..."

"One hundred and ten dollars! I'm desperate!" Melvin clasped onto her
leg with an iron grip. "Please miss!"

Ranma-chan felt obliged to do it... after all she WAS getting paid in US
dollars... "Okay. I'll do it."

"YAY!" Melvin started to dance around. Brock watched this with a huge
sweatdrop.

"Man, she drives a hard bargain," he remarked.

<><><>

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Eggecutor and I with the help of our lovely
assistant Ranko Saotome present our magical act!"

The lights went on to reveal a tall tree like Pokemon with a girl waving
atop its fronds. Brock went gaga for a split second.

Ranma-chan was dressed in a white bodysuit with a unicorn horn on her
forehead tiara. A long tail of red and orange flame hung from her
backside, her long cherry red hair free and flowing. She was dressed
like a sexy female Rapidash which made many of the men in the room stand
up and take notice of her vulptuous form.

Melvin smiled as his act proceeded. Over the half a year that he had met
Ash and his friends, his tricks had gotten better.  "And now, we will
mismatch my assistant!"

Ranma, fully briefed on the magician's tricks prepared for scrunching
into the small lower two compartments.

The show proceeded perfectly. As the show wound to a close, the men
hooted and hollered. Some of the more uninhibited women whistled in
appreciation and one man threw a rose.

Ranma-chan caught it, sniffed and blinked. "I KNOW this type of rose.
Shimatta..."

Fortunately, it was NOT Kuno, but a man who was loosely related to him.
Had a mouth bigger than anything. Jinnai Katsuhito she recalled.

<><><>

"That was a great performance Ranma-chan!" Misty enthused as the
neo-girl changed behind a dressing wall. "I can't believe that Melvin
had got so good in such a short time!"

"I was pretty surprised at his skill. That bullet trick however couldn't
be pulled off by someone so out of shape."

"I was wondering, could you tell me about the bullet trick?" Misty
asked. "I saw it as a kid but never found out about how it was done."

Ranma finished buttoning her shirt and peeked out. "Sore wa himitsu
desu," she teased, wagging a finger. "Besides, it's the duty of a
magician to never reveal his secrets."

Misty sniffed and shook her head, grinning. She reached over and picked
up Togepei from where he rustled around in a pile of wrapping paper. The
paper was supplied by fans of Onna Ranma which in turn, covered many
presents of chocolate and the such.

<><><>

"Stupid kids, making fools of us. Who do they think we are, those two
blunder busses?"

"Don't worry Butch, there's probably something here we can use to
capture their Pokemon, AND get some revenge at the same time."

"THEN ALLOW ME TO HELP!"

At the sound of the voice, the pair spun around and gaped at the woman
floating in the air. She was dressed from head to toe in black leather,
dark mirror shades. Plates of armor coated her body and a long cape of
leather flowed from her shoulders.  Her hair, pulled back in the oh so
familiar hairstyle, she grinned evilly.

"JESSIE!" The other Team Rocket members chorused in shock.

Jessie removed her mirror shades and behind them, ruby red irises glowed
sinisterly. "Butch, Cassidy. I believe you need my assistance?"

"No way!" Butch yelled, stepping forward, Pokeball in hand. "Why in the
world would we be asking for help from YOU?!"

"Because I..." she floated upwards and made a grasping motion. Butch
could feel his body rise, as with Cassidy. They floated up to eye level
with the Demoness. "have the POWER."

"So what?" Cassidy sneered. "You may have power, but you don't have the
old Team Rocket Spirit."

"Oh so?" she snapped her finger and in an instant, a strange grey and
reddish creature appeared at her side. "This is Mewtwo, the most
Powerful Pokemon on the face of this planet. He and I have come to an...
understanding. Isn't that right Mewtwo?"

{Yes. We have.}

"With this power at my fingertips, we can rule the world. Now, do you
need my help? Or do you want me to leave you two floating up here for
all eternity?" To prove her point, she released Butch and spun him in
the air a few times, before sending him into the atmosphere.

"I...I think we'll suffer under a temporary truce...for now." Cassidy
was suspicious of her motives.

Jessie smiled, a fang bared. "Good. Now, here's what I want you to
do..."

<><><>

Ranma dug his feet into the ground as Pidgiotto utilized its Gust
attack. The martial artist strained, using his Chi to anchor himself
into the ground. He started to glow blue as his feet became like solid
rocks. "HARDER PIDGIOTTO!" he shouted.

Pidgiotto nodded and swept into his whirlwind attack. Ranma kept his
body static for a brief few seconds, before the ground below him tore
away. Ranma flew across the Ketchum yard and slammed into the fence,
breaking it.

Ranma opened his eyes to stare into the fierce eyes of Pidgiotto as he
perched atop his chest. "Pigooo?" it asked curiously. He was amazed at
how much Ranma could take for a human.

"I'm okay," Ranma winced and pulled a white picket from the rubble below
him. "But the fence isn't."

Pidgiotto made a sound, roughly equivilant to a laugh.

Ash came out of the house, yawning. He had a cup of orange juice in his
hands. "Whaz going on here Ranma?" he asked of his cousin.

"Training. If I can't stand up to Pidgiotto then can I stand up to Tarou
in cursed form? I had to know."

"Tarou who?" Ash muttered, half awake.

"Long story." The bird hopped off his chest and Ranma stood, dusting off
his clothes. "I still need to see how much electricity I can take from
Pikachu."

"Why're ya testing all of the Pokemon's attacks?" Ash looked at
Pidgiotto who was pecking at a berry bush. "you trying to learn them?"

Ranma nodded solomly.

Ash dropped the juice in shock. "But humans can't learn Pokemon attacks,
can they?"

Ranma grinned a bit. "I have a theory going that Pokemon use special
attacks through Chi manipulation. Like Pikachu, he uses his Chi to
create electricity in his cheek pouches. Or other normals generate
Hyperbeams which are a weaker Chi blast than I or Ryoga uses. I'm trying
to see what attacks I can create or replicate by using my Chi."

"Cool. Okay, come in, breakfast's ready."

Ranma paused to look into the skies as he inhaled deeply. It was a
beautiful sunrise. Feeling better than he had ever felt before, he
entered the house.

<><><>

"Okay! Bulbasaur, Vine Whip now!"

"Hitmonchan, fire punch!"

The plant Pokemon dodged away from the flaming hand and lashed out with
a vine. It snapped Hitmonchan across the backside and it jumped a bit.
Retaliating with a Comet Punch, he knocked Bulbasaur into the bushes.

Ranma smirked. "Ready ta give up Ash?"

"NO WAY!" he shouted back. "BULBASAUR, TACKLE ATTACK!"

With a resounding cry, Bulbasaur dashed out from the bushes and slammed
Hitmonchan into the tree behind him. Hitmonchan made a weak sound as his
eyes spun in dizzy circles.

Brock made a notation on his clipboard. "That's two victories out of
five for Ash."

"Poor Ranma, he's not a very good Pokemon Trainer is he?" Misty sighed
and fed Togepei his breakfast.

"Pikachu," the little mousey Pokemon agreed while sitting atop James'
head.

"Hmm, Ranma's got the skill and technique but Ash has more experience.
It's like shadow boxing only they fight back." James studied Ash's style
and concluded, "maybe a different approach would be better for this
fight."

"What do you mean James?" Misty asked.

"Well, Hitmonchan doesn't have a long range, especially against
Bulbasaur's Vine Whip, Razor Leaf and Solar Beam. While Bulbasaur is
weak up close and personal. It seems to me that if Hitmonchan employs
speed in its attacks, he would get the upper edge against Ash's
Bulbasaur."

"Wow, you really know your Pokemon James," Brock admired.

James smirked a bit. "I may be bad, but I know my Pokemon. Going to
Pokemon Tech actually helped me a bit. That and I learn from my
mistakes."

"Oh really?" Misty said, a sweatdrop hanging from her forehead.

Ranma recalled his Hitmonchan and grudgingly accepted defeat. "Pretty
good. But I could still beat you at Martial Arts."

Just then, Ash's mother stuck her head out the door. "Oh Ash! The
Carnival just called!"

"The Carnival? What do they want?"

"It seems that they're having problems with a Mr. Mime and called
Professor Oak. He's rather busy right now so he want' you to go and take
a look at it."

"Alright. Come on Pikachu."

<><><>

"He was the best part of our Carnival shows until he just quit. I think
I pushed him too far."

Ranma looked into the trailer to see a slightly overweight Pokemon
eating chocolate. "He seems lazy now."

"I was hoping to capture another Mr. Mime to show our Mr. Mime that he
isn't all that bad," the female Ringmaster said. "But lately it's been
hard to find a wild Mr. Mime these days."

"Say Ash, didn't we see a Mr. Mime yesterday?" Misty asked. "If we can
find him again, then perhaps we can convince it to help out."

"That's a great idea!" Ash exclaimed. "We'll find your Mr. Mime for you
and bring it here!"

<><><>

"There's the twerps," Jessie said, adjusting her black leather cape.
"You know what to do." With a wave of her hand, a huge shock proofed
tank appeared, emblazoned with the R of Team Rocket.

"Should we capture that Pikachu while we're at it Boss?" Butch asked of
Jessie.

"Go right ahead."

As they climbed into the tank, Cassidy looked at her suspiciously. "I
just want to know WHY you're helping us. What's your motives?"

"That is my buisness only," Jessie said. "Now go. And make sure you get
that Pikachu for me."

<><><>

"That Mr. Mime should be around here somewhere." Ash felt around for the
familiar wall of Barriers.

Across the road, Misty and Brock searched the plants. James moved his
Pokedex around the area like a tricorder, sweeping for a Mr. Mime and
Ranma had taken to the trees, searching from the treetops.

"It's like finding a Needle in a Haystack," Brock complained. "We'll
never find the Mr. Mime this way."

"Come on Brock, we need to help the Ringmaster with her problems." James
grinned a bit. "Besides, ain't she cute?"

Brock blushed and started to blubber like a baby, poking two fingers
together.

Misty sighed and she and Togepei continued searching the bushes. "Men."
she groused.

Ranma leapt down from the treetops in front of Ash. "I didn't see
anything up in the trees. Perhaps it moved on?"

"But we have to find it! No matter what!"

Just then, a sound was heard from the sky. It sounded like a cute battle
cry. Suddenly, Ash was slammed into the ground as a Mr. Mime landed on
his head. "MR. MIME!" it crowed happily.

"Oh! It's the Mr. Mime!" Misty exclaimed.

"Great. Now can you ask it to get offa me?"

"Mr. Mime, can you help us?" Misty asked of it once it had gotten off of
Ash.

"Mime?"

"We need to prove to another Mr. Mime that it's not useless. Will you
come back to the Carnival to help?"

"MIME!" The Mr. Mime bobbed its head a couple of times in agreement.

<><><>

"Target in sight. Remind me again WHY we're doing this Cassidy?"

"Because Jessie threatened us with bodily harm Butch. Besides, it's time
to exact a little revenge against those kids." Cassidy grinned a bit at
the thought.

<><><>

Mime met Mime and the older Mr. Mime looked up and said, "Mime?"

"Mr. Mime!" replied the younger one.

"Mr. Mime, can't you see that we need you here in the circus?" The
Ringmaster asked of the elder.

"Mr. Mime. Mime Mime."

"What's he saying?" Ash asked.

"It seems that he doesn't see how a younger one can prove him to be
useful," the older woman said. Turning to the older Mr. Mime, she said,
"Mr. Mime, can't you reconsider working for us?"

"Mime."

Just then, the sound of a heavy truck or something heavier was heard.
The ground started to rumble and shake wildly as a huge tank lumbered
into view. James gaped. "That's a Team Rocket Tank!"

A loudspeaker moved out of the top and a loud laugh was heard. "Hello
James!" crowed a familiar voice.

"Aw man it's THEM!" Ranma complained.

The megaphone switched voices to the lower, scratchy voice of Butch.
"It's time to pay the piper! We're taking the Pokemon, starting with
your Pikachu!"

"You're not getting Pikachu!" Ash shouted.

"Pika!"

"You don't have a choice kid."  The huge barrel moved into position and
an ominous clicking sound was heard.

Ash made the first move. "PIKACHU, THUNDERBOLT!"

"PikaaaaaaaaCHUUU!"

To their shock, the electrical discharge only bounced off the thick
rubber hide. The megaphone sounded again. "It's made of Rubber so you
can't beat us!" Cassidy said smugly.

"We'll see about that! Mouko Takabisha!"

>From the outstretched hands of Ranma, a yellow beam of confidence lanced
out and struck the tank, tossing it on its side. It bounced once, and
made a full rotation, bouncing and rolling. It landed with a thud on its
treads and within the barrel, a missile barred its teeth. The cannon
aimed upwards and shot the bullet.

It lanced upwards and on its returning arc it exploded. A net fell from
the skies and caught Ash and Pikachu in it grasp. "We're trapped!" Ash
shouted.

The tank turned and started to lumber towards them. "We'll run you
over!" Butch said, maneuvering the tank forward.

Just then, the Mr. Mime sprang into action. With a waving of its arms
and a chanting of words, a solid wall was created. The tank slammed into
it with a thud. The passengers were jarred within. "Stupid Mr. Mime!"
Butch spat.

By now, Ash and Pikachu were freed and Ash turned to the other Mr. Mime
who watched its companion maintain the Barriers. "Mr. Mime, this is your
chance to prove you're not useless! Go and help!"

"MIME!"

"We can't go through it, so we'll go around it." Butch threw the Tank
into reverse and moved backwards. Suddenly, it slammed against another
Barrier. "Dangit!" he snarled angrily.

Within seconds, the walls were built around the tank and it was encased
within a solid wall of impenetrable Barriers.

<><><>

"So, Mr. Mime, you feel better now?" The ringmaster asked of the elder.

"Mime!"

"That's great!"

Across the way, a tremendous explosion was seen as the Team Rocket Tank
blew up, sending Butch and Cassidy flying. James watched them go and
thought for a second. "I wonder." At his words, the others looked at
him. "Only Jessie and I had access to Tanks like that. Could it be that
Jessie had a hand in this?"

"It's possible. But hey, let's head back. It's almost supper time."
Ranma's stomach growled hungrily.

Everyone shared a laugh as the martial artist's stomach roared with
hunger.



End Episode 7


(Don't go away, the Pokerap is next!)


At least 150 or more to see, to be a Pokemon Master is my destiny

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BLASTOISE

POLIWHIRL

ODDISH

DROWZEE

RAICHU

NIDOQUEEN

BELLSPROUT

STARMIE

Whoo, we're at the halfway point, doing great so far!
Breaktime's over, here we go!

METAPOD

MAROWAK

KAKUNA

CLEFAIRY

DODRIO

SEADRA

VILEPLUME

KRABBY

LICKITUNG

TAROUS

WEEDLE

NIDORAN

MACHOP

SHELLDER

PORYGON

HITMONCHAN!!!

Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all
GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL
POKEMON!!


Closing Credits and Theme: The Time Has Come

I close my eyes
And I can see
The day we met
(A scene of Ash picking up a Pokeball and Pikachu escaping from its
inside. He picks up Pikachu and he zaps him.)

Just one moment and I knew
You're my best friend
'Do anything
For you
(A scene of Ash meeting Misty, Brock throwing a pokeball, and Ash
looking upwards, the camera panning backwards, into the sky.)

We've gone so far
And done so much
And I feel
Like we've always been together
(Scenes of Ash running along a beach, Misty, Brock and Pikachu trailing
along in the setting sunlight. A still photo of Ranma sitting atop a
cliff, that fades from brown and white tones to a full color picture,
his pigtail swinging in the wind. A constellation draws itself out on
the sky, Sagittarius the Archer. A shooting star arcs across the sky.)

Right by my side
Through thick and thin
You're the part of my life
I'll always remember
(A shot of Pikachu waving to the sky, his eyes glistening with tears,
Pidgeotto carrying Ryoga away. A shot of Ash's shadowed face, a stream
of tears dripping from his eyes. Ranma gathering Akane in his arms,
Ukyou wrapping a consolidating arm about Brock's shoulder. Ash sitting
down in the grass, Misty leaning on his shoulder, his jacket wrapped
about her shoulders.)

The time has come,
It's for the best I know it
Who could have guessed that you and I...
(Ash's face, haloed in a corona of light, Misty holding onto his
fingertips. He smiles at her, as the light brightens to a blinding view
and she collapses on the ground, sobbing.)

Somehow, someday,
We'd have to say goodbye
Somehow today...
...we have to say goodbye.
(Fade out.)


(A Magic Tech Production. A Shaun Garin Story.)

Next time on Pokemon 152 - ? 2000: Training in the Mountains was NEVER
like this! Encountering a huge Gengar was bad enough, but a huge
Alakazam too? Too weird. And trying to find the secret of Pokemon from
the Elite Four Master of Power, Bruno is just getting frustrating. Be
here for Weirdness Abroad.

Revision Notes November 5, 2000(WarChild):Fixed minor errors for RAAC
posting. 

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